comment #1

Rich S. says ...

Y'know Jeffrey, you have a white cat. You should reenact that scene.

comment #2

Chase Kahn says ...

I liked Summer Hours well enough, but like 35 Shots of Rum, I just don't fall head over heels for those familial French dramas the way I should. (Although the pessimism of the former takes the cake for me.)

comment #3

Travis Crabtree says ...

It appears that pic was taken shortly after President Eisenhower ordered Brando to gain 250 pounds to curb what the President called "an unacceptable and increasingly dangerous caliber of brooding, smoldering sexuality".

comment #4

Travis Crabtree says ...

"The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"?

comment #5

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Close but no cigar.

comment #6

Rich S. says ...

"20 Million Miles to Earth?"

comment #7

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Bingo.

comment #8

DeeZee says ...

Goodbye, net neutrality?
The Gears of War seem to be stuck at the moment.
"An Education" guy enlists Biel for the mob.
Smurfin' hell....
Whedon attached to a different group of runaways?
Iron Man 2 int'l. spots.
Robin Hood spot.

comment #9

Sean says ...

Man, Brando looks like Nathan Fillion in that picture. I'd never made that connection before. If there needs to be a Brando biopic in which Brando spends the whole movie looking at his right shoe, consider Fillion.

comment #10

Travis Crabtree says ...

I got the "20" part right.

PBR's at Coach & Horses on me!

comment #11

Tristan Eldritch2 says ...

Personally, I was really dissappointed with Summer Hours. With Irma Vep, Demonlover, and Boarding Gate (the latter two completely slaughtered by critics) Assayas was making films like no-one else in French cinema - really ballsy stuff. Summer Hours, on the other hand, is the absolute Stereotypical French Film - cerebral bourgeoisie drama expounding Grand, Universal Themes. It felt like Assaysas pandering to the critics, who had always given him a hard time for not making proper films (i.e. bourgeoisie dramas.)

comment #12

Rich S. says ...

TC, once Jeffrey said you were close, I figured it had to be another Harryhausen. And the Ymir was one of the best things he ever did.

comment #13

actionman says ...

Tristan -- if it makes you feel any better, Manohla LOVED Boarding Gate (I did too):

http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/movies/21gate.html

comment #14

the400blows says ...

Loved SUMMER HOURS. Well, I guess I'm a sucker for Juliette Binoche films. But it was well made. I liked it a lot more than COCO BEFORE CHANEL.

comment #15

DeeZee says ...

Haim was apparently locked and loaded.

comment #16

BurmaShave says ...

Dee, AN EDUCATION was directed by a woman, you fucking child.

comment #17

lipranzer says ...

I like Assayas as a director, but I couldn't follow DEMONLOVER at all.

comment #18

DeeZee says ...

Burma: My bad.

comment #19

taikwan says ...

I'm "watching" Summer Hours on Ebay. It's sad confirmation that with the demise of video stores their former stock of DVD's are selling for a pittance especially if you're looking for foreign films.

and I always appreciate your photos and your selected pictorials Jeffrey.
Are you cool with Jeffrey or do you prefer Jeff? Mr. is so yesterday.

comment #20

lazarus says ...

Agree with Tristan and Chase for the most part on Summer Hours and Assayas. There wasn't anything WRONG with the film but nothing new, either. I really liked the ending though, and disagree with Chase that it's pessimistic. The old must give way to the new, for better or worse, and I thought the scenes at the end with the kids partying at the estate was kind of sublime.

D.Z., "my bad" is right, but you have no fucking idea how much. Stop trolling here, moron.

comment #21

JosephB says ...

Curious as to your thoughts on it now, Jeff. I personally thought it to be my second fav film of last year. Typical ordinary French drama yes (after the schizophrenic "Boarding Gate"), but stellar nonetheless. The ending- the long take as the grandaughter stumbles through a house of party goers and then comes face to face with the harsh reality of her family's generational history- is a very compelling moment. Great, great film.

comment #22

DeeZee says ...

Sorry, I guess I just assumed only men come up with uninspired concepts.

comment #23

Wiggumx says ...

DeeZee, the movie's screenplay was written by Nick Hornby, so a man did come up with it. Sort of. It was based on a memoir by Lynn Barber.

But you'd know these things if you either ever saw any films that you talked about, or had any interest in actual movies. Instead, you just post your dumb ideas.

Sorry, I guess I just assumed only DeeZee come up with uninspired concepts.

comment #24

Glenn Kenny says ...

As far as I'm concerned Assayas can do no wrong, or rather, hasn't done wrong; I suppose he COULD if he really put his mind to it. I love "Summer Hours," and think it's a lot more subtle and specific than some of its detractors here are giving it credit for. On the other hand, their arguments are better than those of the faux-hipster Twitterific kidcrix who complain about its "boujie" characters. Jesus.

comment #25

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